Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 20 December 2024 to Question 20865 on Wind Power: Fylde, what assessment he has made of the (a) capacity of the National Grid connection at Penwortham and (b) sufficiency of that connection to receive additional power from the proposed new connections from the Morgan & Morecambe off-shore windfarms.

The National Energy System Operator (NESO) considered the onshore and offshore network as a whole when conducting the assessment of options to connect the Morgan and Morecambe offshore wind projects to the onshore grid as part of its Holistic Network Design (HND). The assessment considered factors including substation capacity and community and environmental impacts of substation extension, if required to support offshore connections.